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erectus, subrosulatus; folia caulina laxe appressa, e basi 
breviter spathulata oblongo-ovata cuspidate acuminata, 
undulate flexuosa, pulcherrime «aurato-flavida, ubique 
crassiuscule flavide limbata integerrima, nervo parum ca- 
rinato flexuoso ante apicem evanido, cellulis ubique fere 
parvis pachydermibus flavidis subrotundis , basis infimae 
fuscis laxis, basis ipsius brevissimae longioribus; perich. 
paucissima minutissima lanceolato - acuminata obsolete 
marginata; theca in ped. brevi erecte curvato glabro su- 
perne in collum breve incrassato minutissime ovalis, aperta 
urceolata, subrugulosa intense fusca, operculo conico 
subulato recto, calyptra eleganter «urate fimbriata gla- 
bra; perist. mindissimum: externi dentes angustissime 
subulati maxime trabeculati , linea longitudinali angustis- 
sima exarati, interni dentes in membrana brevi carinate 
lanceolati haud perforati rugulosi. : 
Patria. Insula Antillarum Trinidad, ubi in monte 
Tocuche 4. Dec. 1847. legit Crüger. 
Mniadelphi obscuriores. 
1. Hypnum ? Magéllanicum P. B. (Prodr. p. 66.); 
ramosum erectum; folia obovata mnioidea pellucida acu- 
minata; calyptra basi ciliata. +. 
Brid, II, p. 541. 
Patria. Fretum Magellanicum: Hb. Jussieuan. 
Mniadelphus verus; an autem propria species, e 
diagnosi pauperrima haud elucet. 
2. Leskea apophysata Hsch. (Fl. Bras. I. p. 74); 
monoica prostrata gracilis, ramis compressis decumbenti- 
bus tenuibus subpinnatim ramulosis, ramulis brevibus pa- 
tentibus v. erectiusculis; folia caulina subdisticha remota 
patentia ovato- lanceolata serrata, pallide viridia, nervo 
carinato concolori supra medium evanido, cellulis paralle- 
logrammis angustis; perich. longe et longissime acumi- 
nata, intima minuta lanceolato -subulata subhyalina, inte- 
gerrima enervia; theca in ped. gracili sursum inerassato 
laevi parum flexuoso parva ovata apophysata cernua, 
